IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE PRESENT:

THE HON’BLEJUSTICE UDAY KUMAR C.R.R. 1739 of 2022 Dulal Kumbhakar -Vs-

State of West Bengal & Anr.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Satatup Purakayastha Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty Mr. Jagriti Bhattacharya For the State : Mr. Debasish Roy, Ld. PP Mr. Bitasok Banerjee For UIDAI (Aadhar Authority) : Mr. Arun Kumar Maiti (Mohanty)

Mr. Jasojeet Mukherjee Mr. R. R. Mohanty Hearing concluded on : 23.05.2025 Judgment on : 13.06.2025 UDAY KUMAR, J.: –

1. This revisional application, filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), seeks the extraordinary relief of quashing First Information Report (FIR) bearing Manbazar Police Station Case No. 47 of 2018, dated September 7, 2018, and all subsequent proceedings arising therefrom, including G.R. Case No. 1187 of 2018, pending before the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purulia. The petitioner, Dulal Kumbhakar, stands formally arraigned for alleged contraventions of Sections 419, 420, and 468 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), Sections 34, 35, and 42 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) A